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It is easy to install Skype in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and 18.04 LTS, see post #2 below. How can you install it in Ubuntu 14.04 or 12.04? Follow the following instructions to install it:

1. Go to the Skype website, https://www.skype.com/en/download-skype ... -computer/
and download Skype installer package, .deb (Ubuntu 12.04 - multiarch) or newer that will install Skpe version 4.3 or higher.

2. Before installing, run the following commands to clear any previous installations from your system:

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sudo apt-get remove skype skype-bin:i386 skype:i386
3. Next, double-click on the downloaded .deb package. The package will open in the Ubuntu Software Center, install it as you would normally install other software.

You may encounter the following error during installation "conflict with the installed package skype-bin:1386"!

Execute the following in the command line

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sudo dpkg --purge skype-bin:i386
and repeat installation process.

4. Finally, run the following command in the terminal to ensure that support for the menu panel (indicator menu) is available:

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sudo apt-get install sni-qt:i386
See that Skype version 4.3 is installed by writing

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dpkg -l | grep skype
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Install Latest Skype on Ubuntu-Linux 16.04 or 18.04 Desktops

Get rid of old Skype version installed, if any:

sudo apt-get purge skypeforlinux && sudo apt-get autoremove


Install a required package that supports Skype:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install apt-transport-https -y


Check if curl is installed (list installed packages dpkg -l or dpkg -l | less):

dpkg -l curl

dpkg -s curl | grep Status (check installation status)

or check by launching the package:

dpkg -l | grep curl (grep search)

or check version (check which packages contains curl):

apt-cache-policy curl

or show the location where the package is installed (-S means search):

dpkg -S curl

You can also show all package names that start with curl:

dpkg -l | cut -d " " -f 3 | grep "^curl"

You can check package installation status on Ubuntu-Linux using one of the commands above, replace "curl" by whatever package of your interest.

If curl is not installed, install it, otherwise you may get an error after running the next commands below:

sudo apt-get install curl

Run these commands (assuming curl is installed):

curl https://repo.skype.com/data/SKYPE-GPG-KEY | sudo apt-key add -
echo "deb [arch=amd64] https://repo.skype.com/deb stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/skype-stable.list


Finally, update the repository and install Skype by running the commands:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install skypeforlinux -y


Alternatively, Install Skype via Snap

However, the easiest way to install Skype is by using snap. Snappy is a software deployment and package management system originally designed and built by Canonical for the Ubuntu phone operating system. Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies (they are self-contained) to run across a range of popular Linux distributions from a single build. The system is designed to work for internet of things, cloud and desktop computing. See more >>>

To install Skype via snap, run these commands:

sudo apt install snap
sudo snap install skype --classic
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NB:

For Python, you can list all installed packages and their versions with pip [1]:

$pip freeze

In most linux systems, you can use grep to find the version for the particular package you're interested in:

$pip freeze | grep numpy

or use list + grep

$pip list | grep numpy

Or only print version for that particular package, e.g., numpy:

$pip show numpy | grep Version (Version starts with capital V)

The more general way to print a Python package version is:

print(package_name.__version__)

in Python/Ipython console.

E.g.,

>>>import numpy
>>>print(numpy.__version__)
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